Lesson Plan

Pilgrims & Mayflower Lesson Plan: Middles Edition

Compare a Wampanoag homesite and Plymouth Colony side by side, then retell 1621 fairly.

This is the Middles Edition of Pilgrims & Mayflower: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 4-6. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: How did daily life in a Wampanoag homesite compare with life in Plymouth Colony, and what did each people need from the other in 1621?

The Week

• Mon: The Crossing (Reading) • Tue: Two Days, Two Children (Writing & Words) • Wed: Bark or Mat? (Science & Math) • Thu: A Side-by-Side Village (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Telling 1621 Fairly (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Pilgrims & Mayflower has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 4-6 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Middles (grades 4-6), about 60 to 90 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Bark or Mat? A Wetu Wall Test
• Sequence cards (Plymouth's First Year) and a cut-and-sort page (Homesite, Colony or Both?)
• Writing page: Two Days, Two Children
• Hands-on project: A Side-by-Side Village
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 5 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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